Four Arrested Early Sunday
No front license plate drew the attention of the Sulphur Springs Police Officer and he initiated a traffic stop in the 300 block of Bill Bradford Road Sunday around 1:30 a.m. As he made contact with the four individuals in the van, the strong odor of marijuana emitted from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle yielded a sizable amount of suspected Ecstasy also known as MDMA. The four arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled...
Dinner Bell Menu For October 10, 2018
Dinner Bell October 10, 2018 Community Partner: In Remembrance of Sharon Hughes Menu: Chicken and Dumplings Black eyed Peas Garden Salad Cornbread Muffins Banana Pudding Sugar Free Banana Pudding (no added sugar dessert) Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Do hope you can join us for Sharon’s family favorite...
Pecan Fundraiser to Benefit Local Senior Citizens Center
Fresh pecans from Greentree Pecan Farms in Corsicana A fundraiser has begun which will benefit the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center Building Fund. According to Karon Weatherman, one-pound bags of freshly shelled pecans from Greentree Pecan Farm in Corsicana are being offered for $11 per bag, just in time for holiday baking. Profits from the sale of the pecans will go to the building fund. You can drop by the Seniors Center, place your...
East Texas Police Academy Graduates 12
East Texas Police Academy, hosted by Hopkins Count Sheriff’s Office graduated 12 students last week. Students began course work in March of 2018. Instructors for the course were Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford and Investigator Wade Sheets of the HCSO and Texas Ranger John Vance. The 12 graduates along with Weatherford traveled to Austin for their state police officer certification test Monday, October 8th. Graduates...
John Chester Dutch Oven Contest 2018 Winners at Indian Summer Day
Teams in the 2018 cook-off The John Chester Dutch Oven Cook-off was a part of Indian Summer Day held at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas on Saturday October 6, 2018. A number of Dutch Oven cooking teams entered the competition, and the generous-size meals they prepared fed the hungry crowds at lunchtime. According to cook-off organizer Rick Wilson, here are the judge’s picks among the cooking teams: First Place Overall...
Como-Pickton FFA Shines at the East Tx. Fair Dairy Show, Wins Best Jersey Herd and Supreme Grand Champion Gilt at Texas State Fair
According to FFA Advisor Chanda Neal, the Como-Pickton FFA Dairy Show team traveled to the East Texas Fair in Tyler on Saturday September 29 and came home with some top awards. Baylee Bowen Congratulations to Miss Baylee Bowen whose Jersey cow earned Grand and Reserve Champion, as well as the Showmanship Award in the Intermediate Division. Miss Presli Cummings won the Senior Showmanship Award and received a Scholarship from the East...
Saputo Donates to the Sr. Citizens Building Fund
Karon Weatherman accepts a $1,000 donation from employees of Saputo The employees of Saputo in Sulphur Springs, Texas are quite committed to helping good causes in their town, and donate regularly to funds they wish to support. The Sulphur Springs Sr’s Citizens Center is one of these causes. This $1,000. donation goes toward the fund for a new, larger building for the Seniors to meet in. Currently, the total in the Building Fund...
Get Educated! Sr. Citizen Expo is Tuesday Oct. 9, 2018
Report from Karon Weatherman, Director, Sulphur Springs Sr’s Center: Just one last reminder about the 12th Annual Senior Citizens Expo. It will be held again this year at the League Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall Please go around to the Back to enter. This year the Hopkins Country Marketers Association has shortened the time. It will be from 9:00 – 11:00 Flu shots will be giving by the Hospital but they will not...
